Game



H.'K. SUBERS GAME . Filed Jan. 23; 1923 Horace K. Subers. INVEm PatentedOct. 27, 1925.

HORACE x. scenes, or ASHBOURNE, PEN SYLVANIA.

Application filed January 23, 1923. Serial N10; 614,446. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE K. SUBERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ashbourne, in the county of Montgomery and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to games and the principal object is to produce adevice of this nature in which manual manipulation of the entire devicemay be required to effect movement of the man thereby producing thedouble interest which is attracted first by the moving object and secondby the manual dexterity required.

Another object is to produce a device of this nature which may be easilyand cheaply manufactured.

\Vith these and other objects in view as will be more apparent, theinvention consists in certain novel construction and combination andarrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafterfully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims,and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is atop plan of the game.

Figure 2 is a cross section of the same, taken on the line 2-2 in Fig.1.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in all the views.

It is well known that games in which there is a movable man or shooter,such as in the bagat-elle board are extremely attractive and amusing tomost people. It is equally well known that most people are attracted togames where some manual operation is required, especially if thisoperation requires the exhibition of some skill. It has been my effortin the herein disclosed game to produce a device which shall combineboth of these desirable features.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 represents a bowl of conical ordished formation being provided with a bottom '11 so that it may beconveniently set down when not in use. The bowl portion 10 is providedwith a plurality of apertures 12 arranged at irregular intervals.Surrounding each of these apertures and arranged on the outside of thebowl 10 are cups 13 which are so formed and arranged that when the ballor man shown at 14 drops through the apertuure 12,

the same will be conveniently retained in the respective cup 13. Mountedat the top of thebowl 10 is a race or channel 15 bridged at severalplaces 16 sofas to inake it strong.

and provided with an aperture or several apertures 17 through which theman 14 may move into the bowl 10. Right angled bend prongs 18 extend atintervals from the inner wall of the race way to substantially securesaid wall in operative position as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

In playing the game, one form of use to which the device may be put isto place the ball in the race 15 and then by tiltingor turning theentire device to permit the ball to run through one of the holes 17. Bycontinuing the rotation or at least the rotary movement of the entiredevice, the ball may be kept moving about the walls 10 and the skill anddexterity of the player will be shown by his so directing the ball thatit will enter one or another of the apertures 12. These apertures 12 areshown as provided with indicia indicating the number of points scoredwhen the ball 14 enters. Another way of operating the device is to placethe ball in the bottom of the device and then by giving the entire gamea rotary movement to cause the ball to climb and enter one or another ofthe apertures 12 or to pass through one of the aperture 17 into theraceway. Other ways of utilizing the game will suggest themselves to theoperator, and it is one of the enjoyable features of a game I of thisnature that each operator may make up his own set of rules as to theoperation.

' While I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodimentof my invention, I do not limit myself to the specific details ofconstruction or material, nor to anything less than the whole of myinvention as defined in the appended claims.

That I claim is 1. A game comprising an inverted frustroconical bowlhaving a laterally extending race-way about its upper open end, theinner side of said race-way being provided with openings atcircumferentially spaced points to establish communication between theraceway and the interior of the bowl, a plurality of pockets carried bythe bowl and spaced in irregular formation and extending. outwardly fromthe outer surface of the bowl,

pocket surrounding a respective one of said apertures, anda race-Waymounted at I the upperedge (if said bowl and provided With a pluralityof Ways leading into saidvibowl, and transversebridgesexpandingssaidraceway at circumferentially spaced points.

3. A game comprising an inverted frustraconical bowl having an annularlaterally extending race-Way about its-fuppercpeir end, the inner sideof said race-Way being pro- 10 vided wv ith peni1'1gsat'circulnferentially spaced points to establish communication be 'tweenthe race-Way and. interiorscf the bowl,

anda plurality of relatively small substanthe inclined sides of thebowl.

-.In'-test1m0nywhereof I a flix my signature.

HORAGEKy-SUBERS.

